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A POEM 



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BENJAMIN Y. SINGLETON, 



Peteksbukg, Illinois. 



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Entered according; t*> aet of Congress, in the year 1880, by Ben- 
jamin Y. Singleton, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, 
at Washington. D. C. 



THE LylBOREr|;S HOPE. 



[Seeing the words "Weaver and Cham- 
bers, the Laborers Hope," suggested 
to my mind the idea of writing a 
poem and taking those words 
for the first Hne.l 



"Weaver and Chambers, the Laborer's 

hope.-' 
To save yon from danghng at the end of 

a rope, 
For crimes oft committed, in the interest 

of labor, 
Look to Weaver and Chambers for a great 

favor. 

When strikes yon inaugurate and threaten 
to kill 

Those who would work with a free good 
will. 

Look to Weaver and Chambers, the la- 
borer's hope, 

To save you from dangling at the end of 
a rope. 

When men you both curse and abuse, 
For not voting just as you may choose, 
Look to Weaver and Chambers, the la- 
borer's hope, 
To save you from dangling at the end of 
a rope. 



When you get tight and swear you've the 
right 

To get drunk, and to quarrel and to fight, 

Look to AVeaver and Chambers, the la- 
borer's hope, 

To save you from dangling at the end of 
a rope. 

When you seek the established order of 
things to change. 

And society and all business to derange, 

Look to Weaver and Chambers, the la- 
borer's hope, 

To save you from dangling at the end of 
a rope. 

When you go deranged about some imag- 
inary evil, 

And swear all the world's got the pole- 
evil, 

Look to Weaver and C'hambers, the la- 
borer's hope, 

To save you from dangling at the end of 
a rone. 

When you limit the hours that a man 
shall labor. 

To earn money enough to get drunk with 
a neighbor, 

Look to Weaver and Chambers, the la- 
borer's hope, 

To save you from dangling at the end of 
a rope. 

And when you have a neighborhood 
drunk, 

And all of you look like a dog-worried 
skunk. 

Look to Weaver and Chambers, the la- 
borer's hope, 

To save you from dangling at the end of 
a rope. 



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When you swear veugeanee a.oainst the 

ricb, ., , 

Be careful lest you get the seven year itcli, 
Then look to Weaver and Chambers, the 

laborer's hope, 
To save you from ilanglino- at the end ot 

a rope. 

Wlien you come up from the bogs and 
the fens. 

And with evil intent ih^ck hke Kobms 
and Wrens, 

Look to Weaver and Chambers, the la- 
borer's hope. 

To save you from dangling at the end ot 
a rope. 

When you threaten to desti-oy all t^^ 

And start through the country a million 
of tramps. 

Look to Weaver and Chambers, tlie la- 
borer's hope. 

To save you from dangling at the -end ot 
a rope. 

When you swear there shall not be over 
production, 

Lest there should in wages be a reduc- 
tion, 

Look to Weaver and Chambers, the la- 
borer's hope, 

To save you from dangling at the end ot 
a rope. 

When you're defeated throughout the 

Then all of you join the socialistic band, 
And look to Weaver and Chambers, the 

laborer's hope. 
To save you from danglmg at the end ot 

a rope. 



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